Comparison of correlation analysis techniques for irregularly sampled time series

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-404

  Rehfeld, K ^a,b   Marwan, N ^a   Heitzig, J ^a   Kurths, J ^a,b,c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HOLOCENE; INTERPOLATION; MONSOON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SKEWNESS; SPELEOTHEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959690470     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-18-389-2011     Document Type: Article

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